Watchout - even if it is a real auction for a real tractor on Ebay!
I was outbid for a JD990 on ebay that went for over $16k, but did not meet the Sellers Reserve Price. In the following 2-3 weeks I received 6 separate emails with all the same tractor details offering a "Second Chance" offer....."I will sell the tractor directly to you for $15900....send your money to this address.... etc."
Every one of the emails was a scam by someone else (not the original seller) who was monitoring high dollar auctions, then trying to scam losing bidders into an offline second chance offer to buy the item. I turned every email into the Ebay security center for tracking / alerts to other buyers.
From now on, I will prefer to only participate in Private Bidder auctions if it is for a high dollar item on Ebay. This keeps your IDs off the listing so others cannot scam you this way..........hopefully.
I was outbid for a JD990 on ebay that went for over $16k, but did not meet the Sellers Reserve Price. In the following 2-3 weeks I received 6 separate emails with all the same tractor details offering a "Second Chance" offer....."I will sell the tractor directly to you for $15900....send your money to this address.... etc."
Every one of the emails was a scam by someone else (not the original seller) who was monitoring high dollar auctions, then trying to scam losing bidders into an offline second chance offer to buy the item. I turned every email into the Ebay security center for tracking / alerts to other buyers.
From now on, I will prefer to only participate in Private Bidder auctions if it is for a high dollar item on Ebay. This keeps your IDs off the listing so others cannot scam you this way..........hopefully.
